Umbrella holder



Feb. 20, 1962 P, R, SARVER 3,021,985

UMBRELLA HOLDER Filed Nov. 5, 1959 Pau/ .Sarver 1N VEN TOR.

United States Patent O 3,021,985 UMBRELLA HOLDER Pani R. Sarver, 113 Tower Lane, Morgantown, W. Va. Fiied Nov. 3, 1959, Ser. No. 859,682 1 Claim. (Cl. 22e-5.1)

This invention relates to improvements in portable umbrella holders.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an umbrella holder for carrying on the shoulders of a person to support an umbrella in open overhead position without using the arms and hands.

Another object is to provide a holder according to the foregoing embodying means for securely attaching the holder on the shoulders which will be comfortable to the person and will not tear or unduly wear the clothes of a erson. p Still another object is to provide in a holder in accordance with the foregoing, means for bracing the holder against the breast and back of the person to stabilize the holder on the shoulders of a person against tilting forwardly on the person, or rearwardly, as a result of wind blowing against the umbrella.

Still another object is to provide a holder for the foregoing purposes which is light in weight, strong and durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view partly in broken lines of the umbrella holder attached to a person and supporting an umbrella;

FIGURE 2 is an holder;

FIGURE 3 is a view in front elevation of the same, and

FIGURE 4 is a View in plan of the holder.

Referring to the drawings, the holder of this invention, and which is designated generally by the numeral 1 comprises, in the illustrated preferred embodiment thereof, a pair of elongated, like, wire shoulder saddles 3 of skeleton form, spaced apart endwise to t over the shoulders 5 of a person.

Each saddle 3 comprises a generally U-shaped yoke 7 between the legs of which upwardly bowed criss cross members 9 and 11 extend. The bight portion 8 of the yoke 7 curves upwardly and outwardly for engaging against the sides of the shoulders 5 to obviate free slipping of the saddles 3 endwise on the shoulders.

A preferably rectangular wire frame 13 of inverted U- rises from the saddles 3 to straddle the head 14 of a person and comprises a pair of upright sides 15 upstanding from the intermediate members 11 and suitably secured thereto in parallel relation with a transverse top portion 17 provided with a central upwardly opening socket 19 having an upright bore 21 therein for removably receiving the cut off or otherwise shortened stai 23 of an umbrella 25, as shown in broken lines in FIG- URE 1. A setscrew 27 in the socket 19 provides for removably holding the stad? 23 in said bore 21.

A pair of underarm, or armpit, straps, 29 with snap fastener connections as at 31 are suitably secured, as at enlarged view in front elevation of the substantially to the shape thereof,

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2 33 to the legs 7 of each saddle 3 and secure said saddles 3 on the shoulders 5.

A pair of U-shaped, wire brace frames 35, 37 depend from opposite sides 7 of the saddles 3 respectively, 1n downwardly diverging relation, between the pairs of straps 29 to overlie and engage the breast and back respectively, of a person and prevent the holder 1 from tilting forwardly or rearwardly on the person.

The described holder is preferably, although not necessarily, formed of rigid wire. The wire frame 13 may be formed of wire that is suitably bendable for bending forwardly or rearwardly to carry the umbrella 25 in any desired tilted position on the shoulders 5. The underarm, or armpit straps 29 may be formed of elastic material but also may be formed or" the same material as the rest of the holder, that is of wire, and the saddles 3 may be formed in different sizes to conformably lit over the shoulders 5 of different persons.

As will now be seen, the described holder 1 provides a convenient means for holding an umbrella 25 open on a person in overhead position and which is particularly useful to a person engaging in outdoor activities in rain, snow, or the like, with the hands and arms left completely free for use as desired. The support is especially useful to such persons as postmen, paper delivery boys, school children, and observers at outdoor games.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and de scribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

An umbrella holder comprising a pair of saddles adapted to seat on a persons shoulders and conforming said saddles including horizontal, inwardly facing yokes comprising legs receiving the shoulders longitudinally therebetween and upwardly bowed cross members extending between said legs and adapted to rest on the shoulders, a generally inverted U-shaped frame having its ends ailxed to said cross members and adapted to straddle the persons head, a socket on the bight portion of the frame for mounting an umbrella thereon, underarm straps having their ends connected to the legs for securing the saddles on the shoulders, and means for retaining the saddles against on the shoulders, said yokes further comprising upwardly curved, arcuate bight portions engageable with the side portions of the shoulders for retaining the saddles against longitudinal movement thereon, said means comprising generally U-shaped chest and back engaging braces connecting the saddles and having their ends aiiixed to the legs of the yokes.

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